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so. Christmas. Again.
There were a lot of things happening in a short period of time. No way i'd get it all down in type at one go. So here we go. Christmas again.
Spent most of Christmas with Kevin's family. It was the awesome. There's just something so goddamn loving about that house. Even when the dog tries to bite or we're all making fun of Kurtis. (He's such a good sport. ;) But yeah. None of the "drama" you get with my family. Folks buy gifts based on the fact that they KNOW you and GIVE A SHIT about you. (Rather than the "i don't know what the hell she'd want b/c i avoid her for most of the rest of year b/c we have nothing in common," gifts i get from my family.)
So yes. I went from the eve and morning of love and genuine christmas feeling to the late afternoon and evening of obligation and awkwardness. Grandma went off on the BABY. It didn't feel like eating when the rest of us did. So she started yelling at it. Aunt stepped in and drew Grandma's fire for a while, culminating in a top-of-the-lungs, huffing, old-lady proclamation of "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!! GET OUT!!" from Grandma to my aunt (her daughter). The rest of us rolled our eyes, shook our heads, and just let it be. Why? B/c not 3 minutes later, Grandma was off on something else that had nothing to do at all with my aunt. Go figure.
MOST EXCELLENT
+Belly dance music CDS
+The most comfortable slippers EVER.
+Cute mini-pocket book
+Absolute SandMan HardCover
+Guitar Hero II
+Muppet Movie
+European Chocolates
+TMNT Movie Preview Posters (full set of 4!)
+TMNT Movie Sneak Peek Comic Book
+Couple of Blacksmith's puzzles
+TMNT old-school story book.
+Silhouette (sp?) puzzle
+Peacock Feather for Cats
+ADVANCE RELEASE MINI TMNT MOVIE FIGURE MULTI-PACK!
+Guess Who Guessing game (ha! takes you back, doesnt' it?)
+Photograph album
+LJ gift Certificate (thank you, katie!)
+Walmart Gift Certificate.
+Nice long sleeve shirt and pants.
...and i'm doing that thing where i KNOW there were more things that were also awesome that i can't recall b/c i got a whole freakin' LOAD of awesome things and i'm blanking.
Evidence my family doesn't know me at all, but was trying.
+foot tall ceramic battery operated christmas tree with very dim lights and wire cats (i live in a space that's prolly 10' by 13'. I don't have room to leave things like that out year round. So... um. thanks? I'll put it back in teh box now.)
+8 different bottles of food scented body splash. (candy apple-okay. Blueberry muffin, pound cake, gingerbread-say what? lemons, orange thingies-like dish soap? celery, herbs and spices-uh. no. I am not a stew.)
+super thick pajamas (i would perish in these beneath my down comforter. Really. Broiled me--though if i wore the herbs and spices splash, i'd probably be pretty tasty.)
+JUNIORS SIZE SWEATER (um. i could fit my boobs into it. If i cut them off and just dropped them into it. Not too much more room though.)
Mixed feelings
Dad's gift of assholery. his motives are suspect as HELL. his letter was manipulative. the things given were actually already MINE. But he did send them.
I got two photos of me and mom (one of them had dad in it too). Photos from either the family collection of pictures or, in the case of the one, from my PERSONAL collection. So yay, dad's doling out MY POSESSIONS TO ME for christmas gifts. BUT i'm getting them back. I'm not grateful, but then, I am too. So go figure. I've got plans for my response. More on that later.
Now i'm looking at a pile of bills and hearing how it's "my turn to buy groceries." And realizing that i've gotta put pedal to metal on all my money earning between-semesters projects. I'm writing this to take a break from the one. I'm inking a span of pages for a comic that may or may not be published. but i should get back to it. night y'all!
Spent most of Christmas with Kevin's family. It was the awesome. There's just something so goddamn loving about that house. Even when the dog tries to bite or we're all making fun of Kurtis. (He's such a good sport. ;) But yeah. None of the "drama" you get with my family. Folks buy gifts based on the fact that they KNOW you and GIVE A SHIT about you. (Rather than the "i don't know what the hell she'd want b/c i avoid her for most of the rest of year b/c we have nothing in common," gifts i get from my family.)
So yes. I went from the eve and morning of love and genuine christmas feeling to the late afternoon and evening of obligation and awkwardness. Grandma went off on the BABY. It didn't feel like eating when the rest of us did. So she started yelling at it. Aunt stepped in and drew Grandma's fire for a while, culminating in a top-of-the-lungs, huffing, old-lady proclamation of "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!! GET OUT!!" from Grandma to my aunt (her daughter). The rest of us rolled our eyes, shook our heads, and just let it be. Why? B/c not 3 minutes later, Grandma was off on something else that had nothing to do at all with my aunt. Go figure.
MOST EXCELLENT
+Belly dance music CDS
+The most comfortable slippers EVER.
+Cute mini-pocket book
+Absolute SandMan HardCover
+Guitar Hero II
+Muppet Movie
+European Chocolates
+TMNT Movie Preview Posters (full set of 4!)
+TMNT Movie Sneak Peek Comic Book
+Couple of Blacksmith's puzzles
+TMNT old-school story book.
+Silhouette (sp?) puzzle
+Peacock Feather for Cats
+ADVANCE RELEASE MINI TMNT MOVIE FIGURE MULTI-PACK!
+Guess Who Guessing game (ha! takes you back, doesnt' it?)
+Photograph album
+LJ gift Certificate (thank you, katie!)
+Walmart Gift Certificate.
+Nice long sleeve shirt and pants.
...and i'm doing that thing where i KNOW there were more things that were also awesome that i can't recall b/c i got a whole freakin' LOAD of awesome things and i'm blanking.
Evidence my family doesn't know me at all, but was trying.
+foot tall ceramic battery operated christmas tree with very dim lights and wire cats (i live in a space that's prolly 10' by 13'. I don't have room to leave things like that out year round. So... um. thanks? I'll put it back in teh box now.)
+8 different bottles of food scented body splash. (candy apple-okay. Blueberry muffin, pound cake, gingerbread-say what? lemons, orange thingies-like dish soap? celery, herbs and spices-uh. no. I am not a stew.)
+super thick pajamas (i would perish in these beneath my down comforter. Really. Broiled me--though if i wore the herbs and spices splash, i'd probably be pretty tasty.)
+JUNIORS SIZE SWEATER (um. i could fit my boobs into it. If i cut them off and just dropped them into it. Not too much more room though.)
Mixed feelings
Dad's gift of assholery. his motives are suspect as HELL. his letter was manipulative. the things given were actually already MINE. But he did send them.
I got two photos of me and mom (one of them had dad in it too). Photos from either the family collection of pictures or, in the case of the one, from my PERSONAL collection. So yay, dad's doling out MY POSESSIONS TO ME for christmas gifts. BUT i'm getting them back. I'm not grateful, but then, I am too. So go figure. I've got plans for my response. More on that later.
Now i'm looking at a pile of bills and hearing how it's "my turn to buy groceries." And realizing that i've gotta put pedal to metal on all my money earning between-semesters projects. I'm writing this to take a break from the one. I'm inking a span of pages for a comic that may or may not be published. but i should get back to it. night y'all!
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Would it be offensive to you if I used the word "cocksmoker" in this context?
Anyways, I am glad you had some fun for the holiday. :D Xmas at Kevin's sounds like fun.
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and yes. Xmas at Kevin's is teh Lurve. :D